Stained glass French braid - Related Image

Stained glass French braid - Related Image

Stained glass French braid - Related Image

The French Braid is a pattern that many quilters have embraced and done well. However, Cheryl Czaplinski has taken this version of it to a new level.

She picked up a copy of Pattern French Braids by Jane Hardy Miller and was inspired.

"I love colour and this is one of those patterns that I just had to make," she wrote on the tag for this quilt at the Buckhorn show in September.

Her colour choices are incredible and the accuracy of the piecing is bang-on. Just imagine taking a pattern and adding the challenge of making it into a stained-glass look, then adding beading, quilting every inch of it and using variegated-thread matching the colours, to brighten it even more.

The magic of this quilt is all in the details. As a long-arm quilter, Cheryl thrives on detailed stitching. This one is truly a masterpiece.